A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

Tue Feb 1 23:47:42 UTC 2011

Le mercredi 02 février 2011 à 07:04 +0900, Randy Bush a écrit :
> > In this context, at least, perhaps the NIR should be considered
> > superfluous or redundant? What is the operational rationale behind the
> > NIR level? Wouldn't a flatter RIR-LIR structure do just fine?
> 
> and then, by inference, what is the use of the RIR level?

A meeting point for communities, potentially able to reflect a consensus
view of policies and moderate "NIR" and other might be more unilateral
initiatives. If one individual of a community goes "insane", enable the
remaing ones to modrate.  

> 
> randy

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